Joint Plot

"Since you've come to me to confess, you must already have a plan to deal with Zhou Xuelin?" Song Wen asked.

Zhou Siyi nodded in reply.

"Zhou Xuelin gave me a set of hidden weapons called 'Blood-Taking Plume,' which are coated with a deadly poison; Foundation Establishment cultivator who touches them will die."

"My plan is to remove the deadly poison from the Blood-Taking Plume Feather and replace it with a common poison. Then I'll use the Blood-Taking Plume to injure you, causing injury, but not death."

"Then, I pretended to be captured by you, and you took me to Fang Pengyi. You testified that Zhou Xuelin was the mastermind behind the scheme to sabotage the grand plan of fusing Profound Qi."

"Fang Pengyi wants to take the position of sect leader, so naturally he wants to get rid of Zhou Xuelin. He will definitely report this matter to the First Supreme Lord."

"At that time, the First Supreme Lord will surely punish Zhou Xuelin severely, and I can also ask the Supreme Lord to help me remove the Soul-Locking Curse."

After hearing this, Song Wen shook his head.

"If we proceed according to your plan, Zhou Xuelin will at most be imprisoned for a period of time. The sect would not execute a Golden Core cultivator for such a trivial matter."

"Unless we betray the Beast Taming Sect, the day Zhou Xuelin regains his freedom, we will face Zhou Xuelin boundless wrath."

Seeing that Song Wen disagreed with her plan, Zhou Siyi felt a little flustered.

She knew very well that Song Wen had a choice; he didn't necessarily have to cooperate with her to deal with Zhou Xuelin.

Zhou Siyi asked, "Junior Brother Wu, do you have a better plan?"

Song Wen said, "If we're going to take action against Zhou Xuelin, we must do it with a single, decisive blow."

Zhou Siyi's eyes lit up.

It was late at night that day.

Zhou Siyi was pale and her breathing was disordered. She looked like she was seriously injured. She walked out of Song Wen's cave abode and flew towards the Spirit Beast Peak on her sword.

Beneath her pained expression lay a heart filled with anxiety.

If Song Wen's plan succeeds, it could indeed put Zhou Xuelin in a hopeless situation.

However, this plan required her to take enormous risks, while Song Wen did not need to take any risks.

In order to get rid of Zhou Xuelin, Zhou Siyi had no choice but to take a risk.

A moment later.

She arrived outside Zhou Xuelin's cave abode.

Passing through the barriers outside the cave abode, we entered the cave abode.

Immediately, she staggered and fell to the ground, a large amount of blood gushing from her mouth.

Inside the cave abode, afterimages flickered.

Zhou Xuelin stood in front of Zhou Siyi, looking down at his daughter, and said coldly.

How did you get so badly injured?

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Zhou Xuelin clearly perceived that Zhou Siyi's internal organs were severely damaged, and a surge of lightning power was raging within her body.

His life was in grave danger.

Zhou Siyi struggled to raise her hand and grab Zhou Xuelin's ankle.

"Father, please... save me... cough cough..."

As she spoke, she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Zhou Siyi still had some use, but Zhou Xuelin was unwilling to let her go, so she died just like that.

Zhou Xuelin unleashed a burst of Law Power, shattering the lightning within its body.

After spitting out several more mouthfuls of blood, Zhou Siyi's breathing gradually stabilized.

"Who hurt you?" Zhou Xuelin asked again.

"Wu Sheng," Zhou Siyi replied.

"You went to assassinate him? What happened?" Zhou Xuelin asked anxiously.

Zhou Siyi lay on the ground and spoke slowly.

"Wu Sheng is not as simple as he seems. He was ambushed by me and injured by the Blood-Taking Plume, but he did not die on the spot. Instead, he used Thunder Method to seriously injure me."

"Then, he activated a second-tier array to protect him, and then he fainted."

"I was too badly injured to break through the formation, so I had to come back to report."

Zhou Xuelin's expression turned cold, and a murderous aura flashed in his eyes.

"So, you not only failed to kill Wu Sheng, but you also fled to my cave abode? Are you trying to drag me down with you and make me share the blame for assassinating Wu Sheng?"

Zhou Siyi was terrified.

"No, that's not it. I've returned with very important information to report to you."

"There are a total of seven second-tier Man-Snake in Wu Sheng's cave abode. One of them, a female Man-Snake, is almost at the level of being filled with Profound Qi."

Zhou Siyi spoke very quickly, as if she was afraid that if she was even a little slow, Zhou Xuelin would kill her.

"What! Wu Sheng has already refined the Man-Snake technique to the point where his body is filled with profound Profound Qi? How is that possible?"

More than three months ago.

Wu Sheng had just managed to merge the Man-Snake, creating a faint trace of Profound Qi.

How can one reach the level of being filled with profound Profound Qi in such a short time?

Is fusing the first Profound Qi the most difficult part?

Once the first Profound Qi energy appears, will it rapidly grow stronger?

Zhou Xuelin in a state of turmoil, filled with anxiety and uncertainty.

His reason told him that the Man-Snake Profound Corpse could not have reached the stage of being filled with profound Profound Qi so quickly.

However, this was Zhou Xuelin's first time encountering 'Profound Qi Profound Qi', and Zhou Xuelin had no idea how quickly it could grow.

Zhou Xuelin became extremely anxious and agitated.

If what Zhou Siyi said is true, then the position of sect leader will fall to Fang Pengyi.

A strong sense of resentment rose in my heart.

Zhou Xuelin's eyes were sinister.

"We must never let Fang Pengyi become the sect leader. The next sect leader can only be me."

Sudden.

Zhou Siyi raised her hand and handed a token to Zhou Xuelin.

"This is Wu Sheng's identity token. He was carrying it in his pocket, but it fell out after I ambushed Wu Sheng."

"No one has yet discovered that Wu Sheng is severely poisoned and injured. There is still a chance to kill Wu Sheng and steal that second-tier Man-Snake."

Zhou Xuelin activated his magic Law Power and took the identity token into his hand.

After sensing it for a moment, he confirmed that this was indeed 'Wu Sheng's' identity token.

Then, he became somewhat hesitant.

He wanted Song Wen dead, but he didn't want to do it himself.

Killing Song Wen would certainly incur the wrath of the First Supreme Lord.

However, Zhou Siyi's words just now gave him a reminder.

If we can control the Man-Snake that is about to reach the 'Profound Qi Fills the Body' stage in Song Wen's cave abode, we should be able to quell the First Supreme's anger.

For the First Supreme Being, what matters is the Man-Snake that has achieved 'Profound Qi Filling the Body,' not the person who has completed 'Profound Qi Filling the Body.'

After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Xuelin stared coldly at Zhou Siyi.

"You're not just trying to fool me with everything you've said, are you?"

Zhou Siyi said hurriedly.

"My life is in your hands, how could I dare to lie to you? I only hope that you will keep your promise and lift the 'Soul-Locking Curse' on me."

Zhou Xuelin stared intently into Zhou Siyi's eyes with a chilling gaze, saying nothing.

Zhou Siyi felt like she had thorns in her back.

Zhou Xuelin's gaze filled her with inexplicable panic, but she dared not show the slightest fear, and could only force herself to meet Zhou Xuelin's gaze.

After about a dozen breaths, Zhou Xuelin took out a healing pill, gave it to Zhou Siyi, and Law Power to help her refine it, temporarily controlling the injuries in Zhou Siyi's body.

Zhou Siyi cannot die yet; he needs to use Zhou Siyi as a scapegoat.

Zhou Xuelin concealed his presence and, taking advantage of the night, led Zhou Siyi to the outside of Song Wen's cave abode.

After confirming that no one was around, he activated Song Wen's identity token to open the cave abode's protective barrier.

He probed the cave abode with his Divine Sense and found that there was indeed a second-order formation cave abode.

The formation covered most of the cave abode, including the snake pit.

This formation isn't particularly strong defensively, but it has an extremely powerful ability to conceal energy.

Even as a Golden Core cultivator, he couldn't sense any movement within the formation.