The Mastermind

"Master, if we do this, I'm afraid it will bring calamity upon both the human and demon races within Jinglan Ancient Lake!" Shui Mochan said gravely.

"Do as I say," Jia Wenhe replied calmly.

"Understood!" Shui Mochan finally nodded.

This incident at Jinglan Ancient Lake could be said to have been entirely orchestrated by the Great Sound Pavilion. When the intelligence had first returned, even Shui Mochan had not dared believe it. Yet this information had come from her master, Jia Wenhe, leaving her no choice but to believe it.

Although Shui Mochan had been somewhat doubtful at the time, she had not thought much of it. But now, it seemed the Great Sound Pavilion was playing a very large game. This game concerned both the human and demon races, and even more so the seven great forbidden lands of the Southern Bright Continent.

Even Shui Mochan had not known this. Otherwise, how could she have allowed Lin Chuan to enter Jinglan Ancient Lake? How could she have sent the intelligence to [Akatsuki]?

Looking back now, it all seemed as though Shui Mochan had personally sent her friend into a forbidden land—a forbidden land that had been planned in advance.

"Master, is our Great Sound Pavilion going to enter Jinglan Ancient Lake?" Shui Mochan asked, biting her lip.

"We will enter, but not now. We will wait until the demons and humans have fought each other nearly to exhaustion before going in," Jia Wenhe said, his voice still calm, as if none of this had anything to do with him and he were merely a spectator.

Shui Mochan knew that once she released this news, at least every force in the Land of Water would be drawn into it. The previous intelligence concerning Jinglan Ancient Lake had already caused disciples