Chapter 69: Plant melons, reap Piper; plant pox, reap beans
A fact that needed to be emphasized again and again was this: although Wei Yenwu had confirmed the direction of the Chernobog Incident ahead of time through Rhodes Island, he had completely misjudged Talulah's actions.
Oute naturally knew why Talulah had killed Koschei, and what the consequences were. But in Wei Yenwu's eyes... other than Talulah avenging her father, what else could it have been?
Oute also naturally knew why the Black Snake had manipulated the Reunion Movement into attacking Lungmen. But in Wei Yenwu's eyes, other than Talulah avenging her father, what else could it have been?
In his eyes, everything happening now had become... Talulah pulling strings, exhausting every effort, and cleverly "blending" her personal vendetta with the interests of certain Ursus military and political factions, borrowing Ursus's strength to avenge her father.
From a certain perspective, it was pretty inspiring...
It just made Big Sis Talulah's vision seem a little narrow.
At this moment, Wei Yenwu was still working to smother the flames of war before they could take shape. He had already begun preparing for border disputes, yet he had also... begun entrusting Lungmen to Ch'en.
Watching Ch'en indignantly condemn him, Wei Yenwu felt a measure of comfort in his heart.
But he would not stop.
Lungmen was not entirely, utterly, absolutely without hope.
He thought.
At the critical moment, Old Wei's blood boiled over again, and he attempted to take a gamble with a method full of a wanderer's recklessness.
If Wei Yenwu personally went to Chernobog to negotiate with the entirely nonexistent "Boris"... and if those negotiations failed, he was assassinated, with it all ending in Chernobog's destruction and Wei Yenwu's death...
Then there was the slightest possibility that the flames of war would