872 A Gif (1/2)

”Hehe…” After his motive had been uncovered, Jiang Fei did not know what to do apart from laughing sheepishly.

If he decided to engage Huang Xie in a fight, he would definitely lose. Jiang Fei's original plan was to attack Huang Xie while he was not paying attention. Jiang Fei might have stood a chance if Huang Xie was severely injured by his sneak attack.

However, now that Huang Xie knew what Jiang Fei was up to, he could not attack without being noticed.

Jiang Fei was now in an awkward situation as he had no idea how to proceed.

”Hehe, young fellow, did the Lord ask you to assassinate me?” Huang Xie laughed. He did not sound as if he was angry at Prince Wu Geng.

”Ehh… Hehe…” Jiang Fei was unsure of how to answer as he still felt very awkward.

”Ah! It's my fault for not thinking things through in the past. I have been pondering on the same incident for thousands of years. I was indeed wrong. The Lord has every right to hate me!” Huang Xie sighed.

When the Human race seemed to be very successful at some point in the past, Huang Xie was the only one who realized that it was part of the Primordial Celestial race's plot. However, the entire Human race believed that it was the end of the Primordial Celestial era. On top of that, King Zhou of Shang had also been murdered. Everyone was focused on avenging their deceased Lord, and therefore, nobody cared about what Huang Xie thought.

When the Human race showed signs of weakening, Huang Xie accurately predicted that the Human race would soon be defeated. Therefore, he decided to take a risk by using the news of Prince Wu Geng's son to encourage the entire Human race to take on the final battle. However, his plot was revealed, and he was promptly killed by Prince Wu Geng before he even had a chance to witness the final glory of the Human race.

Although Huang Xie initially felt it was unfair, he realized his own mistake after thousands of years of pondering about it. The plan was indeed quite messed up. He was not even able to imagine how he could have come up with such a rotten plan to trick Prince Wu Geng and the entire Human race. Nobody would have tolerated such behavior.

”Uncle, what do you plan to do next?” Jiang Fei asked. Jiang Fei was certain that he would not be able to kill Huang Xie. If he must fight, Jiang Fei predicted that he would be the one killed instead.

”Me?” Huang Xie smiled solemnly. Since Jiang Fei had found him, that meant his hiding spot had already been discovered. Even if Jiang Fei did not kill him, someone else would come for his life.

”Uncle, I think you should leave immediately. Find somewhere else to hide!” Jiang Fei warned. Since Jiang Fei knew his quest would fail anyway, he decided to help Huang Xie instead as he truly felt sorry for him.

”Young man, let me ask you something. You have so many of the cauldrons with you. Do you really plan to take on the responsibility of the Quest Against the Heavens?” Huang Xie did not answer Jiang Fei but instead asked another question of his own.

”Of course!” Jiang Fei answered without hesitation.

”Alright! Great!” Huang Xie nodded. Although Prince Wu Geng had become Lu Fu and a strand of his consciousness still remained, he was already useless in the Quest Against the Heavens. Jiang Fei who possessed multiple Cauldrons of the Ancient Kingdom naturally became the best candidate for the Quest Against the Heavens.

Although Jiang Fei was weak now, he had the advantage of rapid growth rates as an Adventurer.

A native Overlord would require over a hundred years to acquire his powers, but an Adventurer may only need a year or even less. This stark difference meant that Huang Xie truly believed in Jiang Fei's potential.

”Uncle, you should leave soon. I am afraid that the Lord might send someone else to kill you!” Jiang Fei warned yet again. He truly did not want Huang Xie to die.

”There's no need. I have lived long enough and have seen through everything. There's no point hiding in a dark cave like this.” Huang Xie shook his head.

”But…” Jiang Fei wanted to say something. However, Huang Xie interrupted him.