Nian Junxin's scheme was more like an open plot.
Anyone with half a brain could tell that Nian Junxin was up to something, but no one could figure out exactly what she was up to.
Even Chen Changan couldn't quite see through Nian Junxin's actions now.
They seemed reasonable, yet there was something unreasonable about them at every turn.
"Nian Junxin has always known that, in this Nine Profound Domain, many people obey her outwardly but defy her in their hearts."
"Do you think there might be another possibility?"
"Nian Junxin has kept all these people around not because she doesn't want to kill them, but because they're useful to her?"
At Chen Changan's words, Mu Yunyao and the others fell into thought. Useful? What use could they be?
To stay around and help Chen Changan deal with her?
"A sacrifice?"
"But that doesn't make much sense, does it?"
"If Nian Junxin needed to use a sacrifice to help herself break through to a higher realm,"
"why would she have waited until you showed up?"
"Or are you a crucial part of the sacrifice?"
"Would it be impossible to succeed without you?"
"Nian Junxin has never made a move against you partly because she isn't confident she can win, and partly because she wants to use you as a sacrifice?"
"She knows she can't kill you, so she's chosen another way to deal with you?"
"Just like back in the Sacred Domain, when Jiang Yunfan couldn't kill you and tried to trap you in the Saint Mausoleum instead?"
Mu Yunyao's analysis made some sense, but for now it was only speculation. No one knew whether it was true.
"There's no point in thinking about it so much. Let's wait until I reach the top of the Nine Heavens Mountain."
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