Hearing the Palace Master's reminder, Lin Bai sat before the round table and began to ponder seriously.
He lightly tapped his fingers against the table, the "knock, knock, knock" echoing through the sealed, silent space.
If things really are as the Palace Master said, and the Demon Subjugation Alliance was merely pushed forward by the Star Palace as a shield to take the blame, then why would the Star Palace do this?
Lin Bai thought for a moment. Suddenly, his mind lit up, and he murmured in realization:
That's right.
I granted the Yaotai Thousand Provinces to the Duanmu Family, and the Star Palace was dissatisfied.
They sent memorials to the Devil Palace several times, but since I was the one who made the decision, many of the Devil Palace's elders didn't dare interfere on their own.
Besides, after the Yaotai Thousand Provinces were granted to the Duanmu Family, any elder of the Devil Palace who wasn't a fool would avoid provoking a lineage with a Great Mystic Art User guarding it.
Thus, driven into a corner, the Star Palace had no choice but to take another route and create an opportunity to meet me.
They wanted to meet and discuss matters with me... or rather, with the true upper echelons of the Devil Palace.
Then... what could they do?
How could they meet the Devil Palace's upper echelons?
Once he reached this point, the plans and clues that followed immediately linked together, and Lin Bai understood everything at once.
Nothing mattered more than a rebellion within the territory.
If rebel forces appeared in the Yaotai Thousand Provinces, and the Star Palace reported that it was unable to govern them, the Devil Palace would certainly send someone in power to handle the matter.
Even if Lin Bai did not come