657 Brilliant As One Is, Why Fall From Virtue? (2/2)
Yun Yang, on the other hand, was busy verifying his narration. After all, he had received too much information regarding the Four Seasons Tower during this period of time; he needed to sort through them one by one, from the crown prince, Sir Bi, to Venerable Lord Ice, Yang Botao, Supreme Lord Spring Frost…
Yun Yang heaved a long sigh inwardly.
How was this a plan? It was mainly countless strings that were mushed together to form a trap targeting the Nine Supremes. What was the goal? To force the Nine Supremes to Tianxuan Cliff? One link was tied to the other, one step followed closely by another – everything was connected seamlessly.
As Yun Yang listened to him, cold sweat soaked his back. For the first time, the brain of the Nine Supremes felt that his mental capacity was lacking as he listened to such a plot. Even if he got a second chance, he and his brothers might not have been able to escape.
Many of those who were manipulated in the conspiracy did not even know of the grand plan. Many were even loyal to Yutang, loyal to the Nine Supremes – they had merely become part of the plot just because they had delivered certain information…
Several pieces of information needed to be linked together before a relatively complete material could be obtained. Yet, who could have imagined the subtlety of the ulterior motive hidden within it?
What were the implications of asking a general of the guerrilla division to do certain things? What was the implication of having someone else trigger something on the side afterward; then, what it represented to have something done to a certain extent until the other end had gathered everything to form an information chain… The complexity and chaos that accompanied the things that had been done were unimaginable!
It was no wonder that he could only track down Supreme Lord Spring Frost as Tiantang City's main culprit. There was nothing among these bits and pieces of information that could lead him to Sir Bi or Wu Ying. Even when Yun Yang knew everything now, knowing that all of it was to strike at him and the Nine Supremes, he still felt that the scheme was a masterpiece that could not be duplicated.
It was a heaven-defying master plan, one that was beyond a single man's might!
”What a remarkable talent!” Yun Yang sighed softly and said, ”Brilliant as you are, why did you fall from virtue?”
Wu Ying replied faintly, ”If my talents weren't above the rest, how could one become the best among the crooks? Those mediocre ones, how are they qualified to become an outstanding crook?!”
”Is Bi Zhongliu's unusual death due to some sort of mysterious seal? Like the restriction on Supreme Lord Spring Frost back then?” Yun Yang asked.
With a chuckle, Wu Ying answered, ”Who in the Four Seasons Tower doesn't have a seal on them? Did you know that Mr. Nian does as well? Did you think that he doesn't have one on him?
Yun Yang was shocked upon hearing his reply. ”Isn't Mr. Nian the mastermind, the highest figure in the Four Seasons Tower? Why does he have a seal too?”
”Mr. Nian is the Four Seasons Tower's mastermind, true enough. However, there is only one Mr. Nian who doesn't have a restriction on him. As for the other Mr. Nian's, I don't know how many have the seal on them,” Wu Ying replied.
Yun Yang said thoughtfully, ”I see. I see now that this is the truth of Mr. Nian! Doesn't this mean that you also have a seal upon you?”
Wu Ying sneered. ”I did have a seal initially. The seal that the Four Seasons Tower places on its higher authorities is unique – it'll merge with the individual's cultivation method. Once the restriction is triggered, an eighth of one's lifetime of cultivation will be lost. Who among cultivators would be willing to give up on the cultivation method they had worked on for their whole life for? Nonetheless, I already had a plan of my own when I first joined the Four Seasons Tower back in the day. Upon arriving at Tiantang City, I trashed the Yin Mana Manipulation I was cultivating and turned to Saint Lucid Volition. Because of that, the so-called cultivation method seal no longer existed within me.”
”This is also the main reason I haven't been out of this house for decades.” Wu Ying, who seemed to be at a loss, looked around the house said sadly, ”Nonetheless, my exhaustive plan – despite having devised everything for so long and so strenuously - it is still futile… Bi Zhongliu has died, after all…”
Wu Ying let out a drawn sigh and fell into a trance.
After a long time, two droplets of tears fell from his eyes as he spoke in a broken voice, ”He has died, after all…”