Chapter 185: Eldest Senior Sister's Plan
Chapter 185: Eldest Senior Sister's Plan
Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii
"Eldest Senior Sister, this is your plan?"
"Naturally."
"Liu and Gao only know about the third and fourth backup sites. The Undying Sect will definitely move to the fifth backup site, the location of which is currently unknown."
"So, you three need to deceive Tang Yunsheng into trusting you, based on the reasons I've given you. Get him to take you to the original site. The Undying Sect left in a hurry, so there will certainly be Undying Sect spies around the original site to inform those who haven't received the message how to get to the backup site."
"When you three show up near there with Tang Yunsheng, it will definitely attract the attention of the Undying Sect's followers. In the eyes of the Undying Sect, the three of you could have been captured by the Dao Seeking Sect and turned into double agents, untrustworthy."
"But Tang Yunsheng is different. The people of Undying Sect know that Tang Yunsheng has always been lurking outside the Dao Seeking Sect and has not been captured by them; he is trustworthy. If he brings the three of you to the original site, the Undying Sect will accept you and tell you the real location of their base."
"The ultimate goal of the plan is for you to gain the trust of the Undying Sect."
Everlasting Fairy nodded frequently on the side, thinking this was a good idea.
...
Tang Yunsheng hid near the prearranged meeting point close to the Dao Seeking Sect, anxiously awaiting the vice-leaders' news.
He watched as the Dao Seeking Sect sent away the Five Elements Sect, yet still did not see the vice-leaders, it was then he muttered to himself, realising that something was wrong.
"It's all over, Vice-leaders Liu and Gao must have been captured by that damned Dao Seeking Sect!"
Tang Yunsheng waited an entire day before he finally encountered Lu Yang and the others, fleeing in disarray.
"Why are there only the three of you, where are Vice-leaders Liu and Gao!" Tang Yunsheng shook Lu Yang's shoulder.
Lu Yang's eyes were vacant. Upon hearing Tang Yunsheng's questioning, his eyes moistened, and his lips trembled as he burst into tears.
"Vice-leader Liu, Vice-leader Liu... they... they failed! At that moment, Vice-leader Liu took out a celestial treasure to perform a divine skill, but there was a hidden expert inside the Dao Seeking Sect who could resist the power of the treasure and fought fiercely with them!"
Meng Jingzhou, recalling the terrible scene, also started crying: "Vice-leader Liu and the others would rather die than surrender, and they were beaten to death by that damned Dao Seeking Sect!"
Barbarian Bone just cried, unable to speak for a long time—he had forgotten his lines.
The three cried uncontrollably, clearly showing genuine emotion.
"What!" Tang Yunsheng's face was filled with disbelief, and then he collapsed to the ground.
Both vice-leaders and five high-ranking members were compromised at the Dao Seeking Sect, how would he explain this upon returning?
"Wait, how come nothing happened to you three?" Tang Yunsheng realized a problem—the vice-leaders and the high-ranking members had entered the Dao Seeking Sect through their barbecue restaurant, so the Dao Seeking Sect would definitely suspect them.
Lu Yang steadied his emotions, "Vice-leader Liu imprinted us with a mark in our minds, disguising us as puppets controlled by the vice-leader's powerful spiritual force. That's why the Dao Seeking Sect let us go."
"Then you three should have continued to infiltrate the Dao Seeking Sect."
These were three rare undercover agents.
Lu Yang shook his head, "With this kind of experience, even if it's not our fault, others won't accept us. Our business has plummeted, and we're subjected to constant behind-the-back criticisms; there's no place for us in the Dao Seeking Sect anymore."
Tang Yunsheng patted Lu Yang's shoulder, "You've had a tough time."
Lu Yang's genuine emotion shone through, his eyes revealing a hint of hatred as he continued, "To sacrifice for the Undying Sect is nothing."
"But I definitely cannot let the traitor go!"
"Traitor?"
Meng Jingzhou nodded vigorously, his eyes also filled with hatred and ferocity: "Vice-leaders Liu and Gao's plan was perfect, and with us as insiders, if not for a traitor, how could the vice-leaders have possibly failed?"
"Before his demise, Vice-leader Liu secretly transmitted a message to us, revealing the identity of the traitor, instructing us to safely return to the Undying Sect and expose the traitor!"
Tang Yunsheng's expression grew grave: "Who is the traitor?"
This was no small matter. The surprise attack on the Dao Seeking Sect was a secret operation, known only to a few people within the sect, all high-ranking and influential. Suspecting anyone could lead to major issues!
Lu Yang revealed the identity of the traitor: "The third vice-leader, Vice-leader Jin!"
"It's him!" Tang Yunsheng raised his voice by several notches, then thought about it and it seemed reasonable.
With three vice-leaders, and two of them now gone, the position of sect leader would inevitably fall to the last one remaining.
Everything made sense.
"Let's go, we need to report this to the sect leader immediately!" Tang Yunsheng realized the seriousness of the issue and urged them to leave without delay.
These three were no longer undercover; they were now witnesses.
Tang Yunsheng took them on a flying boat heading south, disembarking at a large city before leading them about three hundred li into the wilderness.
"Inspector, is the headquarters here?" Lu Yang looked for a place that resembled ancient ruins. Was the original site here?
Tang Yunsheng revealed a cruel smirk: "Three fools who know nothing of death, still dreaming of going to the headquarters? Maybe we won't even make it to the headquarters before Vice-leader Jin's assassins get us!"
"Who can guarantee that this isn't also the sect leader's intention? Or perhaps the sect leader, for the sake of the Undying Sect's stability, grudgingly accepted Jin's plan and decided to eliminate us."
"If we go to the headquarters, it's uncertain whether we live or die, it would be walking right into a trap!"
"These high-level games, anyone who gets involved dies, I don't want to meddle in these matters."
"The safest way now is to kill you three little brats, and I'll flee to someplace where no one can find me!"
Tang Yunsheng was very rational, why should he care about exposing a mole? As a demonic cultivator, preserving his own life was his first priority!
Simply find some remote wilderness, kill these three and cremate their bodies, and then the Undying Sect will have nothing to do with him!
He was a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, and killing these three Foundation Building youngsters was as easy as flipping his hand!
Lu Yang: "......"
Meng Jingzhou: "......"
Barbarian Bone: "......"
This was quite a deviation from Eldest Senior Sister's plan; the second step was already problematic.
Indeed, they had gained Tang Yunsheng's trust, but that did not mean Tang Yunsheng was willing to take them to the Undying Sect.
"Eldest Senior Sister, what should we do?" In the spiritual space, Lu Yang asked Eldest Senior Sister if she had any other brilliant ideas?
Yun Zhi was still as expressionlessly calm as ever. Facing Lu Yang's question, her eyes seemed a bit evasive, then she looked directly at Lu Yang and spoke lightly.
"It is still fine, everything is still according to plan."
Eldest Senior Sister's change in expression was subtle, but having lived with Eldest Senior Sister for a long time, Lu Yang was sensitive to such changes.
This was clearly a sign of being unsettled.
Lu Yang suddenly recalled some past events, such as the time when Eldest Senior Sister used boiling water for his baths when he was undergoing physical training, or how she always insisted he practice with tofu, or when she misunderstood the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace's requests as proposals to him.
Eldest Senior Sister was naive about the world.
She appeared to have everything under control and acted stably and perfectly, but in reality, it was because her expression was always unchanging, giving people this illusion.
(End of the chapter)