Prince Chen carefully savored the meaning behind Lin Bai's words and could not help nodding again and again.
This web of relations was extremely complicated.
On the surface, Xia Jingzhi was a traitor to the Southern Border Insect Valley, utterly at odds with it.
But beneath the surface, all of this was a plan devised by the Southern Border Insect Valley, with Xia Jingzhi merely a pawn placed beside the Third Prince.
Thus, Lin Bai's strategy was... they could not capture Xia Jingzhi inside the Southern Border Insect Valley's guild hall. They had to wait until he left the guild hall before making their move.
That way, on the surface, Xia Jingzhi would remain a traitor to the Southern Border Insect Valley.
Meanwhile, the plans of the Southern Border Insect Valley and Xia Jingzhi would not be exposed for the time being, and there would be no upheaval in the Devil Realm Eastern Region.
Prince Chen nodded repeatedly, greatly relieved. "Brother Lin, your plan is indeed more sound than anything I could have come up with."
"Then we'll do as Brother Lin says."
As they spoke,
Prince Chen took a token forged from violet-gold out of his Storage Bag and handed it to Lin Bai. "This is the Heavenly Guard Battalion's royal token."
"Brother Lin, from this moment onward, I'm placing the Heavenly Guard Battalion under your command. You must capture Xia Jingzhi alive."
"If Brother Lin needs the Heavenly Guard Battalion's assistance, you can use this royal token to send a voice transmission. Any Heavenly Guard Battalion martial artist who receives it will rush over to help at once."
Lin Bai nodded repeatedly, accepted the royal token, and put it into his Storage Bag.
After everything had been made clear, Lin Bai also felt a weight lift from his