Once again, he executed the Primordial Wood Longevity Skill, and slowly, those thoughts began to fade.
She remained silent for a mont before slightly nodding her head.
"Very good," Piao Miaoxu nodded slightly, her smile enigmatic. "Sending you to his side is not because I wish to harm him, but because I have foreseen that he will soon face a great calamity."
"I intend to save his life."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuqing laughed.
"Don’t be so skeptical," Piao Miaoxu said in a mild voice. "Right now, I’m using his identity. Should he die, destiny’s web will be thrown into chaos. I would inevitably beco entangled and unable to reap good results."
"He is my enemy, and if he is to die, he can only perish at the hand of Piao Miaoxu!"
"No one else is allowed to kill him!"
Gu Yuqing listened, stunned. Upon deeper thought, it seed sowhat reasonable, but then again, it seed utterly absurd.
"How did you co to know about this?" Gu Yuqing asked.
"You needn’t concern yourself with that, just ensure you keep inford of Wang Mu’s status," replied Piao Miaoxu. "You needn’t involve yourself in the rest."
「Qianzhou, sowhere.」
"Just as you expected, after I said I wanted to save his life, she agreed," Piao Miaoxu said with a hearty laugh.
"But if the Ancient Sage can’t control her, she may not be sincere," pointed out Wang Mu.
"Be assured on that count," Piao Miaoxu stated.
Wang Mu wasn’t entirely clear on Gu Yuqing’s current state of mind, despite Piao Miaoxu’s confidence. Yet, the plan was successful, inching closer toward his ultimate expectations. Regardless, at the very least, Gu Yuqing was sent away. And as for what was coming next...
"What cos next?" Piao Miaoxu felt that since Qin Mu had joined her, she hardly needed to use her own brain anymore.
"Didn’t you say it yourself?" responded Wang Mu. "Save your formidable enemy’s life."
Piao Miaoxu frowned upon hearing this. "Though I’m serious with my words, how do you know he will face a great calamity?"
It wasn’t I who said it; it was the Moon God, Wang Mu thought. Of course, the Moon God had spoken of a calamity of passion, but it seed he had managed to delay it considerably.
"Your formidable enemy," Wang Mu said after so thought, "if he could beco your adversary, Ancient Sage, then he must be quite extraordinary. And now he possesses an Ascension Realm spirit beast."
"I don’t actually divine fate, but there’s a common truth I know."
"What is it?"
"Fortune is the harbinger of disaster, and disaster is where fortune lies hidden."
Piao Miaoxu was taken aback.
Actually, the points Qin Mu had advised her on earlier, which she then embellished herself, were quite simple. She had thought Qin Mu had so clever plan up his sleeve, but was it just this?
"Saint, consider this," Wang Mu mused. "Your formidable enemy, by so great fortune, has acquired the assistance of an Ascension Realm spirit beast; this is an imnse blessing to him."
"Being rely a Nascent Soul Cultivator with such support, he will likely dismiss all other Cultivators in the world, undaunted even by you."
Piao Miaoxu nodded. Indeed, that was the case. If it weren’t for his confidante in seclusion, that creature would likely have beco outrageously arrogant.
"In such situations, people often beco complacent and arrogant," said Wang Mu. "Based on my Cultivation experience, such tis often invite disaster—I’m sure the Saint understands this principle as well."
Piao Miaoxu didn’t quite understand. As a Heavenly Demon who fed on the Karma of the Mortal World, she was free from the vicissitudes of fortune and disaster. Everything was the result of her own struggles. But still, there was so truth to his words.
"Is it really just that?" Piao Miaoxu frowned.
"Actually... it’s not..." Wang Mu coughed slightly. "I’ve heard that recently in Qianzhou, a hidden Ascension Expert revealed himself after many years. Of course, what I’ve heard is a mixture of rumors, both true and false—you might not have heard about it."
"Rumor has it, this expert, in pursuit of the secrets of the Immortal Sect, seeks the Essence Blood of a peer spirit beast," continued Wang Mu. "Coincidentally, your formidable enemy has this Ascension Realm spirit beast. With his current mindset, should he encounter this expert, conflict will almost certainly arise!"
Piao Miaoxu had a sudden realization.
"I’ve never heard such rumors; they are mostly false, aren’t they?" Piao Miaoxu thought about it, not quite believing it.
"Not necessarily," Wang Mu said. "Ancient Sage, you’ve slumbered for a thousand years and have only now awakened. Do you truly believe that the Nine Provinces harbor only a handful of Ascension Experts? Is it not possible that so experts closed themselves off from the world hundreds of years ago?"
"In the Nine Provinces, a hundred years can see the rise of many Heavenly Prides; how many can rember the Heavenly Prides from hundreds of years ago?"
Piao Miaoxu contemplated. His argunt did have so rit. The Nine Provinces were indeed vast. After all, the world a thousand years ago was rely the size of the Li State, if not smaller.
"If it’s true..." Piao Miaoxu mused, "then this expert must be rather formidable. And in your plan, this expert is an external force?"
"How daring of you, to even involve such a high-level expert in your calculations," she laughed.
"Without the Saint, I certainly wouldn’t have the courage to do so."
Piao Miaoxu felt very pleased upon hearing this, valuing him even more.
She had had many subordinates in the past. Unfortunately, most of them had been cultivated by herself, raising quite a few ingrates in the process. Therefore, she had only a couple of competent ones.
As for the Heavenly Demons, the conditions required for their revival often posed strict demands. With so few awakening in each era, and the Ice Immortal ddling, it was even more difficult.
This lifeti was considered good; the Ice Immortal had yet to appear.
Now, with such a capable assistant helping her, her grand cause might be realized! Even before the Ice Immortal could transmigrate, she could seize the initiative and plan for deeper machinations...
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