"It seems she really understood the principle of striking a snake seven inches from its head. Your Sect Master Mu Yi must have reached the same conclusion as her, right?" I said indifferently. Yuan Muying had a likable personality, and she had known how to flatter me from the moment she first met me. Thinking back to our first encounter, she had even found a way to trick me into implanting a demonic seed. That alone showed how formidable her schemes were, let alone what she had done after coming here.
Moreover, she had chosen her breakthrough point with great precision. She had not gone to Gong Tieyun, nor had she sought out Gong Ningyan. Instead, she had approached Mu Yixin, who had once stepped down from the position of sect master. Someone like that would be the most eager to regain lost power, and Yuan Muying had happened to know how to paint her a beautiful picture—even though Mu Yixin had once been Gong Ningyan's mother.
"Heh heh, just as Chief Xia predicted. In the past, Sect Master Mu Yi had spoken of her grievances at banquets more than once, and among us old companions who had once received her kindness, there were many who felt indignant on her behalf. Such an outcome could be said to have been expected. Chief Xia's move to reclaim the Liuxian Sect and return it to the New Heaven Realm naturally became the catalyst for this rebellion. No matter how powerful you are, Chief Xia, the Intercepting Sect likewise had a legendary figure waiting for Sect Master Mu Yi. That was why this great upheaval occurred." Qiu Huaixiang spoke slowly.
"It seems to match what I guessed. And this plan of breaking into scattered units and dividing the troops into hundreds or thousands