As Liu Junyan spoke with Fang Daoling, neither of these two late Purple Mansion Great True Persons noticed that Fang Qing had activated Forestbank Concealment and was standing right beside them.
He even stood shoulder to shoulder with Fang Daoling, watching Liu Junyan leave...
"He didn't come to warn Fang Daoling and extend goodwill to the Fang Family... He came to warn me?"
Fang Qing murmured.
He had long had his suspicions about the grand scheme surrounding [Chariot Water], so he needed no reminder from that "Kitchen Lord."
But the other matter Liu Junyan had mentioned concerned Fang Qing far more.
"The Kitchen Lord... is about to make a move. Perhaps he's been forced into it."
His eyes flickered as thoughts raced through his mind. "Great Sun Tathagata and the one above [Rooftop Moon] are preparing to set the [Chariot Water] scheme in motion. Their first step must be to remove anyone who could upset it. It isn't a question of attitude, but of who has the ability!"
"Among the Golden Core True Lords still active, that Dragon Lord is one of the instigators and would never interfere. The Golden Core cultivators of the eastern Supreme Unity Arcane Sect aren't strong enough... The only one who might have the power to overturn the table is the Kitchen Lord!"
"Whether they mean to use the [Chariot Water] scheme as bait or Great Sun Tathagata and that Great Sun [Year Guardian] each intend to attain [Year Guardian]... they must first eliminate the Kitchen Lord's interference."
"And against two of them, the Kitchen Lord has no advantage whatsoever..."
"So... the Kitchen Lord has chosen to attempt his own breakthrough first? Is that why he needs to gather [Nether Warden] spiritual materials and expand the Nether Bureau's territory at any cost?"
As for his