[Abandoned. The author is still writing.]
"Imperial Father!"
He was only a chess piece, but what exactly was he, this piece, meant to do?
The Imperial Clan wanted You Province to fall. What did they want to achieve?
The Corpse Immortal Sect was causing trouble. Coming from the Imperial Clan, they must have been ordered to disrupt You Province, conveniently conspiring with the Blood Lotus Sect to make trouble.
Imperial Father had enfeoffed him as Prince of Qin only to send him to You Province to die. But what use would his death serve?
What role did he himself play in all this?
"Ha ha!"
After pondering for a long while, Chu Xuanao shook his head and laughed.
The confusion had vanished from Chu Xuanao's eyes, replaced by sharpness and dominance, his edge fully revealed. Gazing at the bright moon overhead, he spoke fiercely to himself.
"The Imperial Clan, Imperial Father. I have been enfeoffed as king here for less than two months. There is no rush. This game has only just begun. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. Who is the mantis, and who is the oriole? That remains to be seen."
The Imperial Clan was the Corpse Immortal Sect, and the Corpse Immortal Sect was the Imperial Clan. Chu Xuanao did not know what they were plotting, but those people had already stepped into the open. At the very least, he knew of them now. Yet his own foundations remained hidden; he was still in the shadows, still behind the scenes.
The Imperial Clan? Imperial Father! This king was not a chess piece to be moved about at will. Who was the player and who was the piece remained uncertain.
"Ghost Servant, summon Zhu Wushi and Gong Tai."
The Ghost Servant's figure flashed