You Yue Divine Lord sighed. "Who could have guessed that one Zhu Tongming would make that scoundrel grow wary, setting off a chain reaction that ultimately cost Zhao Pu, Zhang Cheng, and Li Weiran their lives? When I think about the strange workings of creation and the twists of fate, I realize that nothing can ever be fully calculated."
After lamenting for a while, You Yue Divine Lord suddenly asked, "Earlier, I heard Brother Hu say this might not be entirely a bad thing. What did you mean?"
Divine Lord Huan Zhen asked, "How would you say the business we've done with Jiang Boyue these past few years has gone?"
You Yue Divine Lord replied, "It could hardly have gone better. Without it, how could the two of us have earned the right to ascend the Ascension Platform?"
Divine Lord Huan Zhen said, "That's true, but the Emperor Lord isn't blind. He's simply had no time to deal with it. But sooner or later, an Emperor Lord will have a free hand. What we've done these past few years will eventually become a liability. Lei Chiyan's emergence is perfect. This time, we can have him take the blame for us."
Confusion showed in You Yue Divine Lord's eyes. "What do you mean? Lei Chiyan is new here. However you look at it, the blame can't be pinned on him."
Divine Lord Huan Zhen said, "Whether it can be pinned on him depends on how we pin it. What if we say the Storage Base was destroyed by his hand?"
You Yue Divine Lord's eyes lit up, and he broke into a delighted smile.
The Storage Base was where the star ores were kept. The ores mined each day at the various bases and mines weren't stored at those sites; they