Capítulo 1614: Chapter 301: The Mastermind (3 Updates!)
The tide recedes, sunlight shimring like scales.
Chu Ling’s body transford into countless glimrs, drifting away with the tides; this ti, her rebirth ended amidst the sound of the surging waves.
However, she was no longer alone.
Gu Shen put away that set of red and white sacrificial robes, a faint smile in his eyes.
This ti, he could finally stay with her, until the last second of life.
“Gu Shen!”
“Gu Shen!”
Little Iron Man ca running from afar, seeing the empty lounge chair, he hesitated for a mont and asked instinctively, “Where’s sister-in-law?”
“She went back.”
Gu Shen laughed and scolded, “Alright, let’s talk business.”
Shen Li, without any doubt, said seriously, “Bad news, all those accomplices exposed by Hong Xi and Chen Lin are dead.”
“Dead?”
The smile disappeared from Gu Shen’s face.
“Yes… I just sent people to monitor them, and these people committed suicide without warning.” Shen Li said helplessly, “I can guarantee, my n were not discovered.”
The list of Hidden Child exposed by Hong Xi and Chen Lin does not involve many people.
They are scattered.
In Changye, Da Du, Yinghai, Redwood, each region has Hidden Child.
Even for the Gu family, it takes ti to arrange such dispersed monitoring across different major regions.
“Died so quickly…”
Gu Shen realized sothing was wrong, “The temple already knows about Hong Xi and Chen Lin’s matter?”
Gecko tail cutting.
The temple clearly found out about the exposure of Hidden Child, sending these people into the East Continent was a long-ti, efforts-consuming task.
The reason for sacrificing them so decisively.
There is only one possibility.
The temple fears the exposure of a bigger “list.”
“What about Wutuo?”
Gu Shen suddenly raised his head, his eyes already filled with murderous intent.
These small fish, he can afford not to catch, but the Third Judge Wutuo is no small character.
He doesn’t believe the temple can casually sacrifice this Hidden Child who infiltrated the hierarchy!
“Wutuo…”
Shen Li paused for a mont, then said, “Before the Donglai family was cleared, Wutuo happened to be handling a case, went out to Changye, now he’s out of contact with the Judgent Institute.”
“Escaped?”
Gu Shen rubbed his brow and sighed.
“Yes… Wind Eye was borrowed, along with many other ans used. Wutuo is not in East Continent now, but where exactly… unclear.”
“Where else could he be?”
Gu Shen shook his head and lay back down, mocking himself with laughter, “… It could only be Light City. Tell Nanfeng, no need to search anymore, Wutuo has already escaped.”
Shen Li found this matter extrely ridiculous.
The investigation into the Donglai family had not even started here, yet Wutuo was executing a task and directly fled East Continent, didn’t even look back.
Is there really such a coincidence in the world?
“By this calculation, weren’t our efforts wasted?”
Little Iron Man pouted, “Wutuo managed to escape, even if soone high-up in Light City was giving instructions, it shouldn’t be this coincidental, right?”
“Efforts wasted… not exactly.”
Gu Shen gestured Shen Li to sit down, calmly saying, “Those dying people in Jiankou Islands were saved, Tonezaka Shozaburo died, Donglai Family was expelled, the poison in Yinghai rooted out… Though those on Light City’s spy list died, their espionage network was at least impacted.”
Little Iron Man worried, “But what about the remaining Hidden Child?”
“Such things can’t be completely eradicated.” Gu Shen said flatly, “Compared to this, I’m more curious about the mastermind behind Light City’s operation this ti. I initially suspected it was so old guy in the temple, but now, I don’t think so.”
“How do you an?”
“I killed the temple’s Fourth Elder, Long Qi, in Ice Sea.”
Gu Shen said leisurely, “People who have stayed in Light City for long carry a kind of decaying lifelessness, probably because they are ‘Death Soldiers.’ They give everything to Light God’s Seat, so they always strive to burn their life, to prove their loyalty… Once such people confirm their final point, they will advance at all costs.”
Shen Li listened intently.
“In other words, the ‘Faith Power’ left by Tonezaka Shozaburo here, if the temple’s older generation were to seize it, they only could be beaten back, not actively abandon it.”
Gu Shen said, “In my expectation, the temple would organize a large number of Transcendents, launch a surprise attack along East Sea Region, possibly even bring along the Holy Book, attempting to exhaust the Snake God Sect’s faith in East Continent before the judgnt.”
This is also the scenario Gu Shen awaited.
Unfortunately.
This scene did not occur.
Ultimately, only two suicidal small fish arrived.
“You’re suggesting… The mastermind behind this action isn’t so temple elder we know?”
“Correct.”
Gu Shen suddenly asked, “Do you rember ‘Su Ye’ back then?”
Little Iron Man’s expression turned solemn, “Of course I rember!”
During the Sangzhou Cave incident, Light City suddenly had an additional Saint Heir.
Su Ye’s arrival was completely unexpected!
Of course, this was due to the West Continent’s strict control over information… In places like Light City and Holy City, where faith is central, everyone is incredibly tight-lipped.
The will of the higher-ups will be absolutely respected; leaks are virtually impossible.
When you think about it, it’s actually quite terrifying.
Even the powerful Source Tower requires widespread announcents to recruit the Four Divine Envoys, attracting geniuses from across the Five Continents to undergo “trials.” Yet the West Continent quietly found a genius no less than ng Xiao, perhaps even more powerful, who replaced the Saint Heir. Before that, no one knew who Su Ye was.
But this doesn’t an Su Ye didn’t exist.
“No matter how Light City maintains perpetual daylight, there are always places shrouded in shadow.”
“During the Sang Island mission, I killed a shadow… which ans there are countless shadows in Light City. Su Ye’s ergence was no accident; he had been through nurous trials in the depths of darkness, waiting for ‘ng Xiao’s’ demise because the positions left by the West Continent were limited.”
Gu Shen calmly said, “Only when the predecessors die in the sunlight can these shadows step out and take their place.”
“…”
Shen Li suddenly felt lucky to have been born in Changye.
Just hearing Gu Shen’s description, these people felt eerie.
“This is just my speculation.”
Gu Shen smiled and said, “I guess this test in the Jiankou Islands wasn’t the work of those old relics in the temple, but rather the masterpiece of a carefully cultivated ‘shadow.’ As for the reason… it’s simple, Long Qi is dead, and there’s a vacancy in the temple. This is likely soone exceedingly cautious, who already identified a conspiracy in the Donglai family’s case, and prepared the most decisive plan, jumping in with resolve.”
“Wait, if he knew there was a conspiracy, why send anyone to test?”
“Because he is in the temple.”
Gu Shen whispered, “The temple needs ‘faith’s power,’ so he must go and take it. Those old folks don’t care how you take it; they only look at the results.”
Shen Li understood.
If Gu Shen’s speculation is correct.
Then this ‘shadow’ is probably quite unfortunate, forced to follow the temple’s orders, even knowing there’s danger at Jiankou Islands, he had no choice but to jump in.
“In this way, the planner probably ends badly.”
Little Iron Man muttered, “For us, it’s just setting the stage without catching the expected big fish… but for the temple, they’ve suffered heavy losses, losing both soldiers and money.”
“…”
Gu Shen gazed at the tides, silent this ti, without response.
…
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“Lord Yuan Yang, the ‘Tonezawa case’ is settled, Jiankou Islands have been completely sealed, the believers cultivated by Tonezaka Shozaburo were all slaughtered… This information has been released publicly.”
“This ti, we’ve suffered heavy losses.”
“The two Hidden Children you personally appointed have been executed, Hong Xi and Chen Lin’s ‘Dream’ has lost contact with the temple, Red Lake conveyed their betrayal of Light City through dream guidance, and the list of the number one hidden line may have been divulged… The list has eleven mbers, scattered across East Continent, none exposed beforehand.”
Temple believers kneeled in front of the pavilion.
Inside the pavilion, Second Elder Yuan Yang looked pale, his knuckles white from gripping tightly.
While Jia Wei, sitting beside him, appeared calm.
“How can it be like this… how can it be like this…”
Yuan Yang’s fingers trembled on the tea cup as he looked at Jia Wei, “Did Red Lake really give such guidance?”
“Bang.”
Jia Wei never sipped his tea, his heavy armor still worn, the Bright Armor helt had never been removed over the past decade, coming here… just to see Yuan Yang’s expression at this mont.
“See how Red Lake guided, and you’ll understand yourself.”
Jia Wei spoke calmly, “That day I expressly refused you, saying it’s not wise to forcibly take. You’ve seen the result… you should be grateful, only two Hidden Children were sacrificed this ti. If you acted as you initially planned, boldly leading a group eastward to seize faith’s power, what would the outco be?”
Yuan Yang murmured, “East Continent was already lying in ambush… How did Hong Xi and Chen Lin betray?”
“That’s not important, it’s already happened.”
Jia Wei stated, “In this tumultuous ti, soone must bear responsibility for the temple’s loss this ti…”
Yuan Yang recalled the temple’s judgnt, his voice hoarse, “Since I erred, I’m willing to be punished. So today, you’ve co with the result of my sentencing?”
An entire hidden line exposed, East Continent was already prepared, likely pulling out more plans.
In this hidden line, there is one very important person.
The Third Judge, Wutuo.
“The loss isn’t as great as you think, the hidden line mbers have already executed themselves.” Jia Wei said, “The hints in East Continent are completely severed, there won’t be any follow-up.”
Yuan Yang froze for a mont.
“Hidden line mbers executed themselves… What about Wutuo?”
“Wutuo is still alive, calculated timing, he should be returning to Light City.”
This series of news caught Yuan Yang off guard.
“Though the execution was rough, the initial intention was good, so the Great Elder decided to have you secluded in the Secret Dungeon for reflection.” Jia Wei smiled, “You should know what this ans, right? In the Secret Dungeon, you might redeem yourself through good deeds.”
Yuan Yang breathed a long sigh of relief.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, seriously asking, “The hidden line mbers likely didn’t receive any forewarning, executing themselves… and Wutuo, how did Wutuo escape back to Light City?”
“For that, you need to thank him.”
Jia Wei lightly chuckled.
Behind him stood a young man with little presence, hidden in the dim shadows of the private room.
In the temple, there are many such people.
They are shadows, but if necessary, they can beco the light at any ti.
Yuan Yang looked over.
The young man in the darkness nodded slightly, offering a gentle smile.
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