Chapter 167: Schemes Of Purple
Wu Yi Hai quickly resolved Mount Snail's problem just like his previous life and returned to Wu clan.
He met with Wu Yong and described the whole matter briefly, and obtained a reward from Wu clan once again.
Over the following days, Wu Yi Hai cultivated in peace.
Days passed by, but Wu Yong didn't let Wu Yi Hai return to the super Gu formation.
"It seems I need to make a move."
Next, just like his previous life he began to move outside and interact with Qiao Si Liu, forcing Wu Yong to order him to return to the super Gu formation.
Wu Yi Hai quickly returned to the super Gu formation and once again began to explore the dream realms.
The dream realm he explored this time was of a rank eight Lightning path Gu Immortal.
It took him several days to completely explore this dream realm.
After exploring it his attainment in Lightning rose from Grandmaster to Great Grandmaster.
A few days later Wu An requested an audience with Wu Yi Hai.
As it turned out, Wu An brought over Lady White Rabbit, who reported the situation of the dream realm business and gave concrete accounts to Wu Yi Hai for inspection.
Wu Yi Hai roughly skimmed through the accounts, he then asked Wu An and Lady White Rabbit to leave.
"Lord, there is a matter, I don't know if I should speak of it or not." Before leaving, Wu An spoke with some hesitation.
"Speak." Wu Yi Hai was straightforward.
Wu An reported to Wu Yi Hai that there were some rumors recently saying that Chi clan Gu Immortal Chi Shang was coming over to inspect the super Gu formation.
The following events played out just like his previous life like Wu Yi Hai and Chi Shang talking about formation path through letters.
Southern Border, Plunder Shadow Earth Trench.
Right now, deep within this Plunder Shadow Earth Trench, inside a certain cave.
"Ahhhhh…" A crazed old man with purple hair and messy clothes was running around barefoot in the cave, while screaming and making a din.
Plop.
Suddenly, he fell to the ground, and his body started to twist as he started to crawl like an earthworm.
After moving for a while, he suddenly stood up, laughing sheepishly.
But a moment later, his laughter stopped, his cloudy eyes regained clarity.
"Lord Purple, you are awake." Ying Wu Xie suddenly appeared in the cave, he sighed with a complex expression.
"Call me Purple Mountain True Monarch, this will help our future actions." Purple Mountain True Monarch said: "What information do you have now?"
Ying Wu Xie said: "Southern Border's political situation is progressing according to our plan. But it is a pity, Chi Shang and Wu Yi Hai did not have an intense conflict, they even became good friends."
"Oh?" Purple Mountain True Monarch was slightly surprised.
After looking at the information, he nodded: "This Wu Yi Hai is quite interesting, he primarily cultivates transformation path but also has enough formation path attainment to gain Chi Shang's approval."
"This would help him, but he could not defy Wu Yong, he was sent to the super Gu formation again."
Ying Wu Xie nodded: "Wu Yong is a rank eight Gu Immortal with great authority now, Wu Yi Hai had just returned not long ago, he did not even join with Qiao clan, and cannot get their full support."
"But this proves further that even though Wu Yi Hai is a lone cultivator, he has great ambitions. Because he got close to Qiao Si Liu, yet he did not get together with her, it shows that he has not agreed on the profit distribution with Qiao clan yet. Is his ambition something we can make use of?"
"Hmm…" Purple Mountain True Monarch thought about it: "We might be able to make use of this, but we know too little about this person. Right now, our plans on Wu clan should focus on Wu Yong. Wu clan is the number one force in Southern Border, they are the pillar of the righteous path, if they fall, Southern Border would have huge political turmoil.
By then, we will take advantage of it and destroy the super Gu formation, we will be able to save our main body."
"Hmph! So what if Southern Border's politics get into chaos?" Bai Ning Bing appeared outside the cave, having a cold expression: "With just the four of us, even if the super Gu formation only has four Gu Immortals defending it, it will be difficult. Furthermore, our main fighting strength is so unstable."
Purple Mountain True Monarch was unmoved, smiling: "Political unrest is not enough, of course, these righteous path forces are not stupid. But this is just to weaken the strength of the righteous path in the super Gu formation. The four of us are not enough, we are too short on manpower, so now, we will recruit people."
"Recruit people?" Ying Wu Xie was surprised: "There are still hidden cards in Southern Border that I do not know about?"
Purple Mountain True Monarch nodded, before shaking his head: "Do you two know why I fall into insanity sometimes?"
Bai Ning Bing did not speak, while Ying Wu Xie asked: "Is it not the interference of heaven's will?"
Purple Mountain True Monarch nodded: "It is heaven's will indeed, but I was the one who initiated it."
"What do you mean?" Bai Ning Bing heard this and showed shock on her face.
Purple Mountain True Monarch sighed eerily, scenes of the past drifted in his mind: "In the past, along with the other first generation split souls, we found the major enemy was heaven's will, and tried to find ways to deal with it."
"Using a part of the true inheritance of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable that we found, and together with my wisdom path attainment, I devised a method, that was to assimilate with heaven's will."
"Assimilate with heaven's will?" Bai Ning Bing and Ying Wu Xie looked at each other, frowning.
"That's right, heaven's will is vast and immense, it is everywhere, back then, we had just started to interact with it, we did not know as many secrets and weaknesses of it as now. Back then, we were greatly restricted, the situation was worsening and getting more dangerous every day. More and more members died after being targeted by heaven's will, hope was turning bleak."
Purple Mountain True Monarch continued: "Left without a choice, I used this method that was not a proper solution. Since the enemy was so powerful, I pretended to surrender and infiltrate the enemy to obtain intelligence about it. After all, know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated."
Bai Ning Bing and Ying Wu Xie's eyes shone.
Purple Mountain True Monarch continued explaining: "Heaven's will, you must be clear of it. When grotto-heavens devour fragments of the nine heavens, heaven's will enters, and any heavenly spirit inside would turn dull and robotic. The heavenly spirit becomes like this, it's similar for Gu Immortals. Every time I assimilate with heaven's will, I will become crazy and lose my sense of reason."
"However, this is also why I can greatly reduce heaven's will's intention of killing me, and am able to live until now."
"There is also one benefit of this, when I fuse with heaven's will, I can clearly understand it and learn about its strengths and weaknesses."
"When I learn about heaven's will's thoughts, I can see the planning of heaven's will and am able to plot for myself and Shadow Sect."
"The principle of heaven is to be merciless, it treats all beings as pawns. From the perspective of heaven's will, all beings in this world are its chess pieces. And in this chessboard of destiny, there are some crucial points that attract my attention."
Purple Mountain True Monarch's explanation made both Bai Ning Bing and Ying Wu Xie deeply interested.
Purple Mountain True Monarch continued: "I assimilated with heaven's will, I found that in heaven's will's arrangements, there were some very crucial pawns. So every time I went crazy, I would use heaven's will to get close to these pawns, and by the time I regain my senses, I would try to turn them over to my side, and use my own power to make them my pieces."
"And in the battle not long ago, I believe you have already seen the use of one of these pawns."
Bai Ning Bing's body shook.
Ying Wu Xie said in realization: "Lord Purple Mountain True Monarch, you are talking about Tai Bai Yun Sheng?"
Purple Mountain True Monarch nodded: "That's right, Tai Bai Yun Sheng was a crucial pawn in the chessboard of destiny, even though heaven's will arranged it, I managed to influence him and eventually used his power to allow you all to escape."
Ying Wu Xie heard this and finally understood Purple Mountain True Monarch's intent.
He called out: "I get it, all these years, Lord Purple Mountain True Monarch has traveled the world, you influenced many crucial pawns, and now, they will be the strength to break the super Gu formation and rescue our main body!"
Purple Mountain True Monarch smiled lightly: "Precisely."
Days passed by.
Wu Yi Hai wanted to continue to explore the dream realms, but the new dream realms that filled up the space were all strange and absurd types.
Wu Yi Hai patiently waited.
Dream realms changed among themselves occasionally.
But because he met with absurd dream realms consecutively, Wu Yi Hai could only divert his efforts elsewhere.
There was a troublesome matter recently.
The cause was the Immortal Gu recipe of bathing flames Immortal Gu, a mortal Gu Master had by chance excavated it.
Once news spread, Yao clan's and Wu clan's attention was drawn.
Wu Yong sent out Wu Yi Ran, he gave up on defending blood tide pit, a resource point.
Yao clan was not going to give up, they sent a powerful person, Yao Geng.
Wu Yi Ran and Yao Geng fought four times, they had two wins and losses each, the final match was the crucial one.
During this crucial moment, Purple Mountain True Monarch secretly arrived at a meeting point.
On a nameless mountain, he met a mysterious Gu Immortal.
The mysterious Gu Immortal was covered in rainbow light, concealing his appearance: "You called me here?"
Purple Mountain True Monarch nodded: "That's right, regardless of how you obtained the complete Seven Illusions true inheritance, you have already made an alliance agreement, you need to do seven things for me."
"Alright, which seven?" The mysterious Gu Immortal answered openly.
Purple Mountain True Monarch's lips curled: "First, kill Wu Yi Ran."
The mysterious Gu Immortal was stunned: "Are you sure?"
Purple Mountain True Monarch's smile widened, continuing: "Second, kill Yao Geng."
The mysterious Gu Immortal was wary: "What are you trying to do?"
"You don't need to care about that. Just kill the two of them." Purple Mountain True Monarch chuckled.
The mysterious Gu Immortal snorted coldly, his body vanished on the spot as he left.
Purple Mountain True Monarch's smile gradually faded, his arms were behind his back as he looked at a far away mountain with a deep gaze.
"There is not much time left, I need to take action." He muttered softly.
A few days later, shocking news emerged.
Wu Yi Ran and Yao Geng both went missing, the result of their fight was unknown.
Wu clan and Yao clan were shaken, because from their life tablet Gu and soul lantern Gu, Wu Yi Ran and Yao Geng were already dead!
Wu Yong was enraged, right when he sent Gu Immortals to investigate this, blood tide pit erupted, a huge blood tide caused great destruction.
Wu clan quickly sent Gu Immortals to suppress the situation, but they found traces that an immortal killer move, collapsing art, was used at the scene.
Collapsing art was a killer move self-created by Yao Geng. The traces at the scene were indisputable.
The situation became complex.
"Did Yao Geng die after all?"
"Is this Yao clan's scheme?"
"Other than Yao clan, is any other clan striking?"
Wu Yong felt something amiss, he could sense a dangerous storm brewing!