Immortal Fuyuan had heard there was a saying in the mortal world: one wrong move, and the whole board was lost!
He thought this incident was probably exactly that.
Although not finding that child this time left him somewhat regretful, as long as they had the two points of Liu Yanchang and Yang Chan having lost their chastity, they had a sixty to seventy percent chance of toppling Lu Chuan.
To be honest, sixty to seventy percent—
That was not low!
But all of these assumptions had to be based on one point: that Yang Chan had lost her chastity. So the moment Yang Chan proved her innocence, they knew they had failed.
After failing, they had only two choices: sacrifice the chariot to save the commander. If he remained unharmed, Hong Jin still had a thread of hope; as a veteran of the Heavenly Court, the power he possessed was not small either.
If they all fell, then it would be completely over. Hong Jin understood this principle.
Lu Chuan understood it too, so he only made two things clear to Hong Jin.
First, I already knew all of your plans, and we merely beat you at your own game. That could also be considered resolving Hong Jin's doubts.
As for the second, it was this: you, Hong Jin, are only a small chess piece. This crime is too great for you to bear alone. Even if you do bear it, Immortal Fuyuan will not be able to save you. And when he cannot save you, there will only be one outcome in order to keep the secret.
Hong Jin was very clear what that outcome was, so he turned traitor.
Not only did he turn traitor, when he saw that Immortal Fuyuan truly harbored killing intent toward him,